Site
officiel de l'Association des registrants nationaux et internationaux
du suffixe internet .DJ.
Official website Association of the local and international Registrants
of the .DJ ccTLD

The DJ Registry Manager (dotDJ)
is in charge of the technical governance of .DJ for the Djibouti
resident and international internet communities, under the ultimate
authority of the Government of Djibouti through a contact with
Djibouti Telecom. These communities are globally represented
by A.DJ for a .DJ good governance. International DJ, is the .DJ
primary registrar in charge of the business and services development.
It focusses on international businesses, music and information
areas, towards their supports by Djibouti based services.

A.DJ is motivated by the respect
of the Djiboutian rights, laws and constitution, the support
of the resident society and the development of ICT, the best
quality of service to every internet user and the best interest
of its international registrants. This starts in keeping tidy
the .DJ name space as a space of trust, exchanges and services.

Tout registrant
de .DJ est membre de droit de l'A.DJ - il pourra prochainement
souscrire l'adresse e-mail nom-de-domaine@a.djEvery .DJ registrant
is a member of the A.DJ. He will soon be able to register an
name@a.dj e-mail.

Please contact info@a.dj if you want to help managing this
web site or join the A.DJ governance.

We look for a
web site designer, a web master, a mail server (every .DJ registrant
is a member), a voting and polling services, a wiki service,
a mailing list server; a hosting provider. This site is to be
your portal.

Famous, Generic and Obscene Names

when users access
.DJ national and international web sites and services, we want
them neither to be shocked nor to be confused, to get the best
qualify of service. To that end A.DJ has entered into an agreement
with dotDJ to review and accept every domain name before it is
registered. A.DJ is an association and its decision can be objected.
We are only motivated the best interest of our members.

Famous names are names everyone relates with a Trade
Mark, a person or a place in Djibouti. Using it to designate
a different site is usually confusing and a form a cybersquatting.
A.DJ has an agreement with dotDJ to give an 8 days priority to
the Famous TM holder if someone wants to register a famous name
(we look at the name in ".com"). If the legitimate
owner declines, the good faith (*) of the registrant is de facto
proven.

Generic names are names everyone relates with a concept,
a kind of object, a type of service. They should either be reserved
to a Djibouti an specialised site or respond to the general users
expectation. International DJ has been set-up to cooperate with
registrants and develop projects to that end. If someone has
that kind of project he should contact International
DJ for assistance or even for a joint-venture.

Obscene names are illegal and not accepted. It is
not possible to maintain a list of them in every language. When
such a word is registered we do not accept it. When a registered
name happens to be a foul name in a language and used as such,
we ask it to be cancelled.

(*) Misuse of
Famous and Generic names may result in an UDRP,in such
a case the interest of the registrant is to pre-establish its
good faith.

Naming Conflicts

The target of the A.DJ is to keep tidy the .DJ name space as
an area of trust, exchanges and services to the common benefit
of all its registrants. To that end we have an agreement with
the dotDJ organization which manages the dotDJ Registry:

we are an independent third party supervising the .DJ
UDRP procedure. We consider that domain names are an access service
offered by the registrants to the public with the assistance
of the Registry. We consider first the interest of the users
and we want to avoid confusion.

we review every registration and advise our members and future
members on their registration. We consider that dialoguing with
a us is a proof of good faith and we will report it to the UDRP
Panel should a conflict happen.

the .DJ name space is governed by the laws and is under the
jurisdiction of the Republic of Djibouti. In case of conflict
we can advise the parties on the procedure and on the lawyers
they may contact.

we are certainly willing to help negotiating conflict resolutions.
We have obtained that the .DJ registration rules seriously protect
the privacy of the registrants and give powers to dotDJ to prevent
and solve conflicts without disclosing private information on
registrants. Our target is to keep every registrant equal. Many
of our Members are individuals or small budget ventures, we want
to protect their innovative thinking and rights. We also want
to fully protect the right of the legitimate right holders. Experience
shown that our approach permitted it. We had several conflicts
to address, none resulted in a legal action.

If you consider engaging into a conflict or are to respond a
challenge, we certainly suggest that you contact us first. In
particular, we recommend you do not think one of our member is
infringing any trademarks or copyrights law, if this has not
been ruled by a Djibouti Court, after possible appeal.